Punishing Ken Agyapong would have prevented threats on judges – Lawyer

 

Lawyer for Godwin Ako Gunn, one of the men accused of threatening judges of the Supreme Court on Montie FM, Chris Ackumey, believes recent alleged threats on the lives of judges could have been prevented if persons who made similar irresponsible public comments in the past, like Kennedy Agyapong had been duly punished.

According to him,  if the Assin Central Member of Parliament, had not gone scot free after declaring war and making some other explosive public comments prior to the 2012 elections, people would have been more careful in their utterances on radio. 

Kennedy Agyapong was arrested and charged for allegedly inciting NPP supporters to beat up their opponents but was discharged after subsequent hearings.

But in an interview on Citi FM, Mr. Ackumey said, “when Kennedy Agyapong was sent to court, it was a judge who freed him because the judge said he did not do anything to warrant criminal prosecution.”

"…here we are because judges have been specifically mentioned, they are issuing a bench warrant. Does it mean that the constitution of the land does not offer any protection to Gas, Ewes, Fantes or any other people except judges?", he retorted.

“Now among the judges who are now apprehensive, because they have been mentioned, in particular, some of them are Ewes, Gas, Fantes, are they saying that at the time that Kennedy Agyapong made that threat on TV, they didn’t have any apprehension of death? If they have had apprehension and punished the culprits, it will not encourage other people to be making such threats of death on radio,” he added.